Database Tool For External Hard Drive Mac

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Summary

I cannot get HFS Explorer to find my HFS+ formatted drive - containing a Time Machine backup of my MAC - when i plug the external hard drive into my USB port on my HP laptop running Windows 10. In fact the laptop doesn't even see the drive at all when I plug it in.

Is your external hard drive running slow when open or transfer files on Mac? You need to follow tips here to fix slow external hard drive on Mac and improve the slow Mac external hard drive performance, at the same time, protect important data from being corrupted or inaccessible on the slower and slower external hard drive with EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac.

Help! External hard drive becomes incredibly slow after High Sierra update

'I'm experiencing a very slow external HDD since the High Sierra update on my iMac. As soon as I connect it and want to browse, it freezes a lot, takes an age to load contents and open files. I left it for several hours and reconnect it but it still won't work properly. Now, it warns me that it's inaccessible and needs format.'

Are you facing the same issue that the external hard drive becomes very slow suddenly for no reason? To speed up a very slow external hard drive on Mac and improve its performance without losing data, you are arriving at the right place.

First of all, you must need a Mac data recovery program to extract data from an inaccessible external hard drive on your Mac after it's getting slower and slower. And, don't format the drive before a complete data recovery if the error message appears and says it needs to be formatted before you can use it.

To safely export data from a slow external hard drive on Mac, download EaseUS Mac drive recovery software and follow the three steps.

Step 1. Select the disk location (it can be an internal HDD/SSD or a removable storage device) where you lost data and files. Click the Scan button.

Step 2. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac will immediately scan your selected disk volume and display the scanning results on the left pane.

Step 3. In the scan results, select the file(s) and click Recover Now button to have them back.

How to Fix a Slow External Hard Drive on Mac OS X?

For your information, many factors would affect the performance of an external hard drive on Mac OS X and decrease its speed in file transfer or hard drive loading. Following are some examples.

Logic Errors & bad sectors on external drive
Large size apps on the external hard drive
Duplicate video, pictures and other files on external hard drive
Too many apps are running while the drive is in active mode
Long time in external hard drive defragmentation
The external hard drive is too old

Next, you are going to grasp the unique solutions this page provides and quickly solve the problem of a slow external hard drive on Mac after transferring all your data files to a safe place with EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac.

Solution 1. Clean up useless duplicated files from Mac external hard drive with Mac cleanup software

Large duplicate files, such as videos, photos and music take a considerable amount of disk space, and the accumulative garbage will make your Mac har drive run slower and slower. So, to increase the external hard drive speed on Mac, the primary action you need to take is to clean up all the duplicate files in order to free up some disk space.

Here, we recommend you EaseUS CleanGenius, the best Mac speedup software for you to deal with a burdensome Mac external hard drive.

Step 1. Launch EaseUS CleanGenius and click on Duplicate Finder;
Drag and drop folders to scan or click Folder icon to add folder for finding duplicate files;

Step 2. Select target folder and click Open so to scan and find duplicate files;

Step 3. Right-click found file and select View to identify which one is the file that you want to keep;
Select unwanted duplicate files and click Delete to remove from Mac.

Solution 2. Repair Disk Utility to resolve the slow external drive problem

Many users don't know that repairing the Mac Disk Utility would help improve the performance of a slow external hard drive, and it's also worth your try immediately.

Step 1. Press down the Command + S keys to boot your Mac computer into the single user mode.
Step 2. Type the behind command: fsck -fy
Step 3. After the fsck command, you will receive a message 'file-system modified'.
Step 4. Now reboot the Mac to continue the repairing process.

Other Mac external hard drive speedup tips

1. Activity Monitor Lookup: Watching and monitoring a close look at the Mac activity monitor can sometimes help in improving the slow running external drive performance.

2. Proper StartUp items management: When you start a Mac, too many icons starts automatically in the Mac OS background. Properly managing the StartUp items can also helpful in improving the slow external drive performance.

3. Visual effects Turning Off: Turning off the visual effects on Mac OS can also useful in improving the performance of an external drive.

Dear Lifehacker,

I have a hard drive with valuable information on it, but I can't seem to access it—the drive is either damaged or erased. Is there any way I can see what's on the drive and get it off?

Sincerely,
Drive Paramedic

Dear Paramedic,
Don't worry, we're not going to ask where you got the drive, but there are plenty of ways to examine it and see if any of the data is recoverable. With a little time, the right tools, and some care, you may be able to get some data off of that drive.

Step One: Assemble Your Tools and Examine The Drive's Condition

The first thing to do is make sure you have the tools required to connect this drive to another computer safely. Ideally, you'll have some kind of SATA/IDE to USB cable or USB drive enclosure or sled that you can mount the drive into and connect it to your computer easily. Sure, if you have a desktop and like getting your hands dirty you can try to install the drive as an internal one, but an external connection is faster and easier.

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Next, take a look at the drive itself. Is it damaged in any way? Are the pins bent or broken? Make sure that the drive is in good enough condition to actually use before you try anything in the first place that may damage it even further. If the drive is too physically damaged to attempt recovery, you may need more drastic measures that we'll get to later. If everything looks good and you have the equipment required to connect the drive to your system, we can proceed.

Step Two: Grab Some Data Recovery Software and Connect the Drive

Before you do much else, make sure your antivirus and antimalware tools are up to date. You don't know what you'll find on this drive, and you don't want it to start misbehaving once the drive is connected to an active system. Once you've done that, it's time to download and install some data recovery tools. Here are a few we love:

Recuva (Windows, Free): Personally, Recuva has been indispensible. Made by the same folks behind CCleaner, Recuva makes data recovery simple and easy. if you're only interested in browsing and restoring selected files off of the drive, Recuva is a great option. Alternatively, check out Undelete Plus for Windows.

FileSalvage (OS X, $80): File Salvage for Mac will set you back some serious coin, but it's one of the best tools to pull data off of a connected hard drive in OS X. It can recover virtually any type of file on multiple partition types, and prides itself on its ability to recover from damaged drives and corrupt media. If you want an alternative, try Data Rescue for Mac ($100).
TestDisk (Win/OS X/Linux, Free): If you're not afraid of the command line, TestDisk is an open source utility that can run against almost any platform or partition type. It does a great job of recovering data quickly, and won't do unnecessary writes against the drive you're trying to recover from.

Bootable Linux distros for drive recovery: If you're not interested in messing around with apps (or paying for them), consider burning a bootable CD or USB key with BackTrack, Bart PE, or SpinRite on it, so you can boot to an OS that's not your primary drive, avoid writing or touching the drive you want to recover from, and run a host of recovery and forensics tools against that drive that are highly effective and completely free. Photo by Roman Soto.

A number of these tools can recover from formatted drives, especially if the data hasn't been overwritten. We've tackled this topic before, and used Knoppix as our bootable linux distro, but the steps apply to the ones we've mentioned as well. For more reading, check out this old but still largely accurate guide at Linux.com to recovering from formatted drives.

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Step Three: Get Out the Big Guns (and Your Wallet)

Okay, so the drive is physically damaged, has been wiped and overwritten, or nothing else you try works and you really, really need the data off of it. You're even willing to pay a lotfor it. We're not going to ask why, but at this point it's time to call in the professionals. Photo by Glenn Fleishman.

Pick up the phone and call the folks at DriveSavers and OnTrack to see what they can do for you. I've had good experiences with OnTrack. DriveSavers is well known and loved, both because they came to the rescue with free drive recovery services after September 11, 2001 and more recently helping Wired's Mat Honan recover from his epic hacking. Both companies do a superb job at pulling data even off of drives that have been formatted, overwritten, or even severely physically damaged. Keep in mind though that these services generally run in the ~~tens of thousands of dollars~~thousand dollar range, according to DriveSavers (thanks for reaching out!) and higher.

If the drive is yours, or the data you get from the drive is valuable, we'd strongly suggest you make sure your data is backed up, both locally and online. After all, it's better to be able to get the data back quickly than have to jump through these hoops every time a drive fails. Remember, every hard drive will fail eventually, it's just a matter of time. Now go forth, use this knowledge for good, and recover!

Sincerely,
Lifehacker

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